Review Reduze - Updated!!

Product review, this is my first. Actually I can't accurately review the product at this stage as I have only just started consumption/usage for two weeks. But of course I will update this post at the end of the requisite period.

Reduze is a brand of slimming pills available over the counter at Watsons as well as Guardian pharmacy. Backed by several researches, it is said to be genuinely effective. But like every other sceptical individual I have doubts especially when the spokesperson is a skinny celebrity; she has no pounds or fats to shed off in the first place. Well, but the path of indulgence has left me with no choice. Nope, no other choice since I'm too lazy and unmotivated to exercise. Adding other factors such as quit puffing, having overly nice frens who love to treat and my involuntary celibacy have resulted in me successfully pile up the extras in a short span of time.

With Reductil taken off prescription and Panbesy and Duromine being too strong for me (I nearly fell into depression the last time I took them), Reduze is my last resort. If this doesn’t work, I will die of fatness!!! Yes, I’m at my all-time heaviest and I'm officially a size 12 now!! :(( Some of my dresses are bursting @ the seams while others I can’t even zip up anymore!! I guess it has come to the point that if I dun do something about my escalating weight I'd need to revamp my entire wardrobe very soon!

Back to reviewing. I eventually bought Reduze not becos of the skinny celebrity endorsement but the ads showing the successful weigh loss of the common folks hoping that it will work for me too. The pills come in a box of 60 sold at the price of SGD128.00, and the recommended dosages is one before lunch and one before dinner and consume not more than six a day. According to the guideline written on the box, there will be no weight loss during the first two weeks of consumption as it is for some kinda ‘readjustment’ in the system; increasing the metabolism rate and so forth. From the 3^rd week onwards, consumers should experience some weight loss and I would assume that the pills must be taken in continuation for a period of at least two months before the effects can be fully seen.

I trawled upon someone else’s blog the other day giving a review on Reduze. Seems like Reduze didn’t work for her (note: she gave up after three weeks) and she even gained weight during that period. I wonder if this attribute to my very recent weight gain? But anyhow I am only at the 2^nd week now and just started the 3^rd slab. But I probably won’t continue for the 2^nd month if I don’t see any weight loss by the time I finish this box. I will go beg doctors for the lower dosage of Panbesy or Duromine instead. Gonna update again once I finished the last pill! :) wish me luck!!

Oh, one last thing to note, the pills are very ‘smelly’ not foul smelling but some kinda awful pungent smell that lingers on the fingers after touching. So wear a glove to avoid the lingering smell.

UPDATE (June 2011): I have completed one course of Reduze pills. And the results? I have wasted my SGD128.00. I have experienced NO weight loss at all. The pills have zero effect on me and in fact I feel that I have gained weight instead (as verified by my peers). For the record, there was no binging; I ate as usual if not lesser. So, in conclusion, I will not recommend the pills and will not be buying another box myself. I shall stick to my apple for dinner diet and see how it goes...

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Casting My Sacred Vote

I clearly remember the first time I voted back in the 2006 General Election.  That day has been deeply etched in my mind not becos it was the first time I was voting but becos of the fooker I was with.  Honestly, I didn't give two hoots about politics or my citizenship or the future of Singapore back then.  All that mattered to me was that fooker.  That polling day was the same day that marked the fourth year of the relationship and also the same day I found out that he was bedding his landlady. 

Ok, off point. Enough of digression.  Back to the topic of this year's General Election.  I belong to the group of 'between 20 something to 30 something' that the ruling party was trying hard to reach out to.  The same group that PM was rallying to at Raffles Place.  This group of us make up a large percentage of voters for this year's GE.  And this same group is one with opinion, voice and independent thots; one that would not be led blindly and would not go down without a fight.  And one that lives, breathes, talk and criticize in this social media era - the current power tool that can make or break a person or an organization alike.  So yes, my vote is sacred. 

I woke up very early on polling day to vote and to avoid the late morning crowd.  Even as I was walking towards the polling centre, I was still pretty much undecided on the party I was to vote for.  Sure the ruling party had done some damages that were detrimental for many of us and we hated their unilateral way of handling matters concerning the country on the whole.  But they too deserve some credit for building Singapore to what it is today.  The question then becomes do I want to rock the solid foundation that had been laid in exchange for some rhetoric theories of opposition parties?  Should I be on the white side or should I lend my vote so as to increase the chances of opposition having more seats in the Parliament?

Then I recalled the days leading up to this moment.  Everywhere I  went, people were discussing about GE.  Many of whom were openly discussing who they were going to vote for.  People in the hawker centres, coffeeshops, any place where people could gather.  Even in the washroom I heard of this topic and how they were determined to vote for opposition and how the ruling party needs to 'learn their lesson'.  Same thing was happening on the online platform, many are outrightly boo-ing the ruling party and posted about how they are of full support of the opposition parties.

I was still hesitant up to the moment when I was supposed to draw my 'X'.  I would  like to think that I did right by my constituency but beyond that I wasn't sure.  There is a tinge of regret that made me wonder if I should have done otherwise.  

Everyone were excited about this year's GE as this is one where all except one ward are contested.  Those who didn't have a chance to vote previously have been given that chance to do so, e.g. Marine Parade residents.  I was eager to know the results too.  A few of us gathered as usual at UCS to watch and anticipate together.  A lil sidebet was ongoing to keep the interest of those who weren't so keen.  

I was rather surprised at the end results.  Some GRCs which I thot would have been conquered by the opposition remain in the hands of the ruling party.  As I mentioned earlier, all the conversations I heard from people on the streets convinced me that the ruling party would have lost more seats than it did becos none I heard ever said they would vote for them.  Well, it eventually returned to Parliament with 81 out of 87 seats and the other 6 were taken by the opposition and only one party - the Workers' Party.  And not forgetting a well-liked minister was lost as part of the collateral damage. 

The results made me feel that Singaporeans are 'kiasu' after all.  What happened to all the talks about voting for opposition?  How did the ruling party ended up back in Parliament with most of the seats?  After all the hype, this is the best support the opposition could get?  Didn't the people say that they are going to beat the hoax/invisible threat of losing benefits that came as a result of voting for opposition?  Then what happened?  

Of cos the ruling party has their own die-hard supporters as well as the votes of the new citizens but I guess there are those who still believe in the invisible threat.  By looking at it this way, I guess I could probably explain away the unexpected scores. 

Anyhow, even though the ruling party garnered most seats but they returned with an overall much lower percentage at the end of the day.  By this alone shows that there is much to learn from this watershed election especially for the ruling party.  Some may say 6 seats are not enough while others may say it is a good lesson taught to the ruling party.  I am more inclined to agree with the latter.  Seems to me this is one jolting experience that had woke them up from the state of complacency.  Time to hear us speak, Gar-men!!